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  • Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron

    par V. Ferme ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron , Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and trickery surrounding gender and death in Boccaccio's world and culture. ... En savoir plus

    $96.99 CAD

  • Italy and the Mediterranean

    Words, Sounds, and Images of the Post-Cold War Era

    par N. Bouchard, V. Ferme ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The Mediterranean has always loomed large in the history and culture of Italy, and since the 1980s this relationship has been represented in ever more varied forms as both national and regional identities have evolved within a globalized context. This interdisciplinary volume puts Italian artists (writers, musicians, and filmmakers) and intellectuals (philosophers, sociologists, and political ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

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  • European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages

    par Ernst Robert Curtius ...
    Collections series Bollingen Series
    Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin ... En savoir plus

    $54.99 CAD

  • Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed

    par B. Moloney ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Bringing the skills of a literary historian to the subject, Brian Moloney considers the genesis of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Brother Sun to show how it works as a carefully composed work of art. The study examines the saint's life and times, the structure of the poem, the features of its style, and the range of its possible meanings. ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship

    par F. Tolhurst ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of The History of the Kings of Britain that most readers overlook: the reigns before and after Arthur's. ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

    The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

    par David Strong ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines William Langland’s late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought. David Strong argues that where the philosophers John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham revolutionize the view of human potential through their theories of epistemology, ethics, and freedom of the will, Langland vivifies these ideas by contextualizing them in an ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Birth of the West

    Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century

    par Paul Collins ...
    The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark Ages. Yet according to historian Paul Collins, the story of the tenth century is the story of our ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

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  • The Captivity of John II, 1356-60

    The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France

    par Neil Murphy ...
    Collections series History (R0)
    This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and ... En savoir plus

    $70.99 CAD

  • Saint Margaret, Queen of the Scots

    A Life in Perspective

    par C. Keene ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Margaret, saint and 11th-century Queen of the Scots, remains an often-cited yet little-understood historical figure. Keene's analysis of sources in terms of both time and place – including her Life of Saint Margaret , translated for the first time – allows for an informed understanding of the forces that shaped this captivating woman. ... En savoir plus

    $166.99 CAD

  • Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis

    par T. Tinkle ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    After establishing a feminist-historicist perspective on the tradition of biblical commentary, Tinkle develops in-depth case studies that situate scholars reading the bible in three distinct historical moments, and in so doing she exposes the cultural pressures that medieval scholars felt as they interpreted the bible. ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative

    Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation

    par B. Findley ...
    Collections series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Examining French literature from the medieval period, Findley revises our understanding of medieval literary composition as a largely masculine activity, suggesting instead that writing is seen in these texts as problematically gendered and often feminizing. ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Dante's Sacred Poem

    Flesh and the Centrality of the Eucharist to The Divine Comedy

    par Dr Sheila J. Nayar ...
    Arguing that the consecrated body in the Eucharist is one of the central metaphors structuring The Divine Comedy, this book is the first comprehensive exploration of the theme of transubstantiation across Dante's epic poem. Drawing attention first to the historical and theological tensions inherent in ideas of transubstantiation that rippled through Western culture up to the early fourteenth ... En savoir plus

    $55.99 CAD